#murrayisms

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.

And Michael Schumacher is 37 seconds ahead, so he can refuel the car, change all four wheels, take off his helmet, have a smoke and a cup of tea, and rejoin in first.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.

Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn’t surprising as this is an all Escort race.

Look up there! That’s the sky!

Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn’t! It’s a lap record.

Jenson Button in the top ten, is in eleventh position.

And the first five places are filled by five different cars.

As they exit turn five of this thirteen turn corner.

Jean Alesi is fourth and fifth.

You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not, it’s motor racing.

I didn’t see the time, largely because there wasn’t one.

Speaking from memory, I don’t know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

Unless I am very much mistaken..! I AM very much mistaken..!

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

The tyres are called wets, because they’re used in the wet. And these tyres are called slicks, because they’re very slick.

But ding dong are we going to see a race now.

The best that Mika Hakkinen can do I think is to take third position. No, my goodness, he takes pole position. Incredible!

These gravel traps don’t seem to be stopping anybody at all here. (There isn’t one here Murray)

This race is going to be a commentators nightmare.

Barichello is driving in, or about to drive in, his fourth race for Ferrari. He’s following the great Ayrton Senna, who never drove for Ferrari, and Rubens Barrichello is very proud of it.

I can’t imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem.

I was there when I said it.

Do my eyes deceive me or is Senna’s Lotus sounding rough?

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

A blow to the head with a helmet on doesn’t hurt nearly as much as a blow to the head without one.

You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.

- Murray Walker

Legendary BBC racing commentator, the voice of F1, was world famous for his gaffes affectionately called ‘Murrayisms’.